Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks ...

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Researchers published in the journal BMJ Mental Health a study indicating that consuming 3 to 4 cups of coffee per day is ...

A collaborative effort by the Formosa-Jordan lab from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, ...

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

An investigation into cellular components in bacteria has unexpectedly uncovered a feature with relevance across many life ...

The kinetochore protein complex plays a key role in chromosome behaviour and is therefore essential for cell division. A research team at the IPK Leibniz Institute has now discovered that small ...

Cells are not immortal, and that is a good thing. After a certain number of divisions, many human cells stop multiplying for ...

As 2025’s Nobel winners are honored this week, 2009 laureate Carol Greider reasserts the vital role of federal funding in ...

Scientists who built the first synthetic eukaryotic genome share hard-won lessons that could accelerate engineering of crops, ...

Nandkumar M. Kamat As the year is about to end, here is a short review of important breakthroughs in science that defined the ...

This important study reveals that mitotic release of an ER-microtubule tether is critical for normal mitotic progression. Manipulating CLIMP63 phosphorylation, the authors provide convincing evidence ...